As Ruth Holladay had mentioned in her article on November 11 in the Indy Star, when parents send their children off to college they are expecting them to be safe, at least from being gunned down. Michael McKinney wasn’t just gunned down by an ordinary person on the street, but rather the exact opposite. He was murdered by the force that was designated to prevent Ball State’s students, such as McKinney, from being eradicated. The question then is why Michael McKinney was slaughtered opposed to other methods of suppression?

Why didn’t Duplain try to subdue McKinney with one of several other methods that he should have been trained to do? Well one reason may be the campus force dispatched the seven-month rookie with a lethal weapon,

Ruth Holladay wrote an excellent article which brought forth a few more points into perspective concerning the shooting. She put an emphasis on Duplain’s lack of training. Though I agree with nearly every statement she made I would have to say that action should be taken upon more than just the officer.

I believe that my article would be capable of instilling another view into readers. I feel that it would get readers to think about the over all role in which the police department played in the killing of Michael McKinney. Officer Duplain may have pulled the trigger but that was mainly all that the campus police had given him to do. He could have easily subdued McKinney with a simple irritant to the eyes, but the campus force does not require that officers be trained in the efficient use of pepper spray, rather they convey the message that if the officer needs to use force, why not use a gun?

The entire incident should be tied back to the police force itself. Holladay hinted towards this attitude but never actually stated it. She began speaking of the lack of training that Duplain had received. The tone in her remarks towards the police department shows that she places some blame on the department itself, but maybe not as much as should be.

yet didn’t supplement it with a less-deadly alternative. The campus force should have not allowed this rookie officer to go on duty alone without proper equipment placing blame directly on the depart

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